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Proud to be Woke

(59 posts) Mon Mar 27, 2023, 09:26 AM Mar 2023

Have you ever known a libertarian who was lower middle class and other than white? [View all]

I have wondered about this for years and years, because I personally have met a number of self identified libertarians and ALL of them were white, male and from a middle or upper middle class background. Your thoughts?

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Have you ever known a libertarian who was lower middle class and other than white? [View all] Proud to be Woke Mar 2023 OP

Me too... FalloutShelter Mar 2023 #1

Libertarians are the biggest abusers of public largess-plug themselves into every program possible. TheBlackAdder Mar 2023 #20

Exactly right. FalloutShelter Mar 2023 #21

They are Republican's who refuse to admit it. Phoenix61 Mar 2023 #2

I am sure they exist (i thought Herman Cain was a libertarian).. TheRealNorth Mar 2023 #3

To be completely honest: I first read this as "LIBRARIANS" Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2023 #4

lol me too! GenXer47 Mar 2023 #10

Librarians Flatrat Mar 2023 #23

I Did Too RobinA Mar 2023 #27

Me too, lol! 😅 I didn't realize till I read your post Raine Mar 2023 #31

Any news on where they're building the Trump Presidential Libertary? JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2023 #36

the fatal flaw of libertarians are their selfishness and hypocrisy NewHendoLib Mar 2023 #5

There was a classic photo of a Libertarian during the Camp Fire in CA. bluesbassman Mar 2023 #6

Most libertarians believe military/police/fire are among the things tax $ should be used for (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2023 #7

True, because they perceive it as benefitting themselves. bluesbassman Mar 2023 #11

Fair enough. This is their dogma, but their dogma lacks internal consistency (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2023 #15

Absolutely NewHendoLib Mar 2023 #18

To Me RobinA Mar 2023 #28

My experience is the same, they call themselves libertarian but they are generally... Thomas Hurt Mar 2023 #8

There are a few but most are white hetero males from xtian backgrounds JI7 Mar 2023 #9

Definitely. I spent a lot of time in rural eastern Washington state in the Moses Lake/ brewens Mar 2023 #12

94% white and 68% men GenXer47 Mar 2023 #13

I've always found Liberatarians to be Anti-Tax Free Riders who... haele Mar 2023 #32

Most I see are white women. jimfields33 Mar 2023 #14

The OP is about libertarians, not librarians.nt. drray23 Mar 2023 #17

"Oh, that's very different...never mind!" Tanuki Mar 2023 #25

I absolutely read librarian Sympthsical Mar 2023 #26

IMHO there's some class selection built into the profession Retrograde Mar 2023 #35

Lower middle class for sure Johnny2X2X Mar 2023 #16

"But can't think of one that wasn't white." TheProle Mar 2023 #24

K&R for excellent point. UTUSN Mar 2023 #19

They're Republicans who dislike war and like to get high Freddie Mar 2023 #22

I don't know the political leanings of most people I'm aquanted with Kaleva Mar 2023 #29

Which kind of libertarian? Real libertarian is possibly a small, third personality type, Hortensis Mar 2023 #30

I know many lower middle class or working class Libertarians. xmas74 Mar 2023 #33

I know a Black woman who's a Libertarian Retrograde Mar 2023 #34

All the libertarians I've known have been poor, white, straight males. n/t Coventina Mar 2023 #37

The ones I know Patterson Mar 2023 #38

I've never met any personally. sakabatou Mar 2023 #39

Yes. A native American janitor at Bemidji State Univ. in Minnesota Model35mech Mar 2023 #40

I know plenty of blue collar WHITE self-professed "libertarians" tenderfoot Mar 2023 #41

There was a lower income white Libertarian who LeftInTX Mar 2023 #42